84R5728 KKA-D
By: Huberty H.B. No. 2247
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a determination of school district transportation costs
and a modification of the transportation allotment under the
foundation school program on the basis of those costs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to
read as follows:
(c) Each district or county operating a regular
transportation system is entitled to an allotment based on the
daily cost per regular eligible student of operating and
maintaining the regular transportation system and the linear
density of that system. In determining the cost, the commissioner
shall give consideration to factors affecting the actual cost of
providing these transportation services in each district or county.
The average actual cost is to be computed by the commissioner and
included for consideration by the legislature in the General
Appropriations Act. The allotment per mile of approved route may
not be less than the amount described by Subsection (c-2) or exceed
the amount set by appropriation.
(c-1) For each linear density grouping established in Rider
5, page III-6, Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations Act), the agency
shall determine the average school district cost per mile of
providing regular transportation services during the 2012-2013,
2013-2014, and 2014-2015 school years.
(c-2) For purposes of Subsection (c), beginning with the
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2015, the allotment
per mile of approved route for each linear density grouping may not
be less than 50 percent of the average cost per mile for the
grouping determined by the agency under Subsection (c-1).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.